NEW DELHI: The man who allegedly raped a 22-year-old woman in her Pune flat left behind a chilling message threatening to leak her photos online and took a selfie using her phone before fleeing, police revealed on Thursday, as per PTI. The accused, who posed as a courier delivery executive to gain entry, remains at…
NEW DELHI: Two members of Ghana’s Parliament in a symbolic show of solidarity and admiration for Indian culture donned traditional Indian attire as Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the House during his historic visit on Thursday.As Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin concluded PM Modi’s address, he pointed out the gesture with a touch of humour…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Thursday dismissed Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez’s petition seeking to quash the money laundering case filed against her by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with alleged gifts received from conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar. Chandrasekhar and his wife Leena Paulose were arrested and are also accused under the MCOCA.The court,…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday upped the ante against the Congress-led Karnataka government after CCTV footage showed Bengaluru civic body workers randomly pasting stickers without collecting any data during the ongoing door-to-door survey of Scheduled Caste households in Karnataka.BJP MP PC Mohan shared the video in a social media post, dubbing the…
Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Thursday asked the Commission for Air Quality Management to immediately suspend Direction No. 89, which bars fuel stations from providing fuel to End-of-Life (EOL) vehicles in Delhi. In a letter to the Commission, Sirsa said the order should be put on hold until the Automatic Number Plate Recognition…
NEW DELHI: The travel to Jaipur from Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida and Faridabad has become shorter and faster with the NHAI on Wednesday opening a link road — Bandikui-Jaipur — from the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway. This will reduce travel time from Delhi to 2.5-3 hours compared to the current 3.5-4 hours. The link takes off at Bandikui,…
NEW DELHI: The Centre is preparing to initiate the process for removing Justice Yashwant Varma of the Allahabad high court, with plans underway to begin collecting signatures of Members of Parliament (MPs) in the coming days, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju told reporters on Thursday, according to PTI. Prominent opposition parties have reportedly given their in-principle…
Speaking to ANI, Dr Mohit Gupta, Professor of Cardiology, GB Pant Hospital, said that findings from a study conducted on 1,600 heart attack patients showed a protective benefit of the Covid-19 vaccines. NEW DELHI: Medical experts have rejected allegations that Covid-19 vaccines are responsible for a recent spike in heart attack-related deaths, following comments made…
BENGALURU: In a breakthrough with potentially far-reaching implications for clean energy, Indian scientists have engineered a next-generation material that significantly boosts the performance of supercapacitors — devices crucial for fast energy storage and delivery. Led by Dr Kavita Pandey at the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bengaluru, in collaboration with Aligarh Muslim…
Kiren Rijiju and Dalai Lama NEW DELHI: No one except the Dalai Lama can decide the next successor, Union minister Kiren Rijiju said on Thursday, sending a clear and first message to China. The Tibetan spiritual leader declared on Wednesday that the institution of the Dalai Lama would continue, with the Gaden Phodrang Trust holding…
